The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-31

his hands, and he had not considered who he
would appoint Judge Gresham, however. il is
understood. has had q conference on the subject |
with General McNulta.
Personal and Local.
The Terre Haute & Indianapolis road is in the I
market for 2oo box-cars, AZ, 600 pounds capacity,
equipped with the Wagner car-door aud the |
Marks coupler.
Travel is now 90 heavy over the Vandalia that |
train No. / is usually run west out of here in |
two sections, which makes five through trains |
for St Louis out Of Indianapolis daily over the
Vandalia.
The abolition of mileage tickets under the pre-
tense that the interstate law prohibits their
issue is a sham, and q combination OF CONNER
cial travellers to patronize road which would
adhere To the old practice would soon bring the
other lines to renewal thereof
Thomas e. Clark, superintendent of the Min
neapolis d ST. Louis road, is stopping for few
DAYS with Mrs. Judge Reed Mr. Reed has been
in Florida for some weeks for the benefit of his
health and is still good deal out of shape, but
is gradually improving.
1t is stated that the Corbn syndicate is inter-
ested in the proposed Pittsburg Marion & Chi
cago road, and if so, 1t is quite probable that the
road will not terminate at Marion, O., but will
be built to strike some point on the l., b Il ",
the to-be Columbus, Indianapolis & Western
road
Under the revision of rates now in progress,
freight rates will show reduction from previ-
ously published tariffs. but as nine tenths of the
business done of late has been carried at special
rates, and considerably below the regular tariff,
there will in reality be very noticeable ad-
vance.
The fast mail train west over the Pennsylga-
MIA lines the Vandala and Missouri Pacific is
arriving quite regularly on time at Kansas City,
and the fast service it is stated is highly appre-
ciated The Indianapolis division of the c., st.
L. & P. and the Vandaha almost daily
obliged to make up one or two hours of lost time
east of Pittsburg.
| The superintendent of one of the Indianapolis
| roads has within the last ten days received
| ninety requests asking him to appoint the ap-
pcant lost car tracer or special agent. or to do
| anything which he could consistent ly to enable
| the party to come under the head of a railroad
man and en.itle him to free transportation un-
| der the provisions Of the interstate law.
The Wabash is reported to be willing to issue
mileage tickets at the old twe-cents per-mlle
| rate. and as the Rock Island, Burlington and
| Chicago e Alton roads 1ntimating that they
| don't care much about the Central Traffic Asso-
citation with pooling features eliminated, it may
be that the abolishers of the mileage ticket sys-
| tenn will find their action to have been little
| too previous
Col Joseph Hill general superintendent Of
| the Vandalia, and q civil engineer of large
ability, day before yesterday looked over the
progressed. and he says should the entire build
ing be built substantially and thoroughly IN
| every respect as is the foundation, the new
| building will be one of the finest and best bull,
buildings in the West
The management of the Indianapolis & St
Louis road contemplate making considerable i'm
provements at Terre Haute this season. Among
other things. it is proposed to double the capac
ity of the round-house, and lay second track
from the point whore the /. & st. L. crosses tn.
c. g. E. ]. road to the bridge crossing the Wabash
river This will give the company double
track for two miles through Terre Haute-
It is stated that fully so per cent of tn
travel is that OF men on commercial business
which has been carried ON thousand-mile ticket
. at a wocents-per-m rate. This being tn
! case, the business of the country would b
seriously crippled should mileage tickets b
abolished, as the increase in cost of travel woul
nscessitate many OF the smaller establishment
drawing their travelling men from the field.
The Boston Commercial Bulietin says Their
are two reasons for President Garrett wishin
to sell the Baltimore & Ohio. The fight in tele
, graph circles was losing one the fight to get t
New York would be a war to the death. Blu
there is another element to be considered Hi
intimate friends know that Mr.. Garrett is ''anx
ious for to shine in the high old social line" Fl
is a young man who doesn't enjoy the crush an
hurry of modern business times.
After to-day shippers will be at sea for som
time to come as to rate matters The Easter
: lines can no longer take grain or lumber at tn
. rates which have prevailed the last few weeks
and general freight agents are as yet unable t
: name a rate in any direction which will not b
! subject to revision or an increase should connee
: this question of rates should be settled as earl
as possible lest business be seriously crippled b
, the uncertainties that now prevail.
. G. W. Smith, viee-presdent and general mar
8 ager Of the A, T. & S. F, road, was in the cit
yesterday for few hours, the guest of c. "
) FAIRBANKS Mr.. Smith says the managemen N
. expect to have the trains Of the Atchison roa
a running into Chicago as early as Dec. l, 1885,
/, If the report that the A., T. & S. F. peopl
have secured control of the Chicago & Easter
. | Illinois road proves to be true, the termins
: question at Chicago is settled and the road wi
: | have the best OF terminal facilities at tina
point.
> An olden-time bendholder and stakeholder Q
: the Frankfort & Kokomo road asks Wall Stree
o for information Wall Street answers: 'Ou
9 present recollections Of Frankfort & Kokomc
o which at some time in the last decade may hav
: been mentioned by US, are quite dim and shad
: owy but, fortunately, we happen to know jus
. | the person you want. He is James NJ. Quipley
4 president of the Toledo, ST. Louis q Kansa
City road. He has all the information abou
the Frankfort & Kokono road; also the roa
| itself It is somewhere in the interior econom
!. of the Toledo road, having been swallowed by
: long ago. Write to Mr.. Quigley. If he doesn
answer, write to him some more. Got you
= friends to write. Don't let him dodge. He ha
d nothing to do"
q Said a general freight agent, yesterday, til
4 trainers of the interstate law must have had br
: little conception Of the Important questions
! covers, and the duties that would devolve on til
f commission, or they would not for moment hav
J, placed the sum of operating the bureau it CIR
, ates at the meager sum of 100000. He the
. went on to say that to carry on the trunk-ln
pool last year cost the roads in it $3.50, 600, an
; it cost the Central Traffic Association $4,000
to run their little concern through the year 1881
Besides these associations there were ten othe
organizations in the interests of railroads, ths
cost from $50 900 to 500, 600 year to keep thel
;. | in running order yet the commissioners of th
United States, whose duties are to look after a
| these roads, are asked to run the bureau o
500, 900 a year. paying out, to begin with. $40
: 900 year for the commissioners salaries an
that of one secretary. If the commissioners al